Murdannia striatipetala Faden - a photo on Flickriver

            Family: Commelinaceae
Distribution: Found in moist sandy localities along the coast of Sri Lanka.Now it is also found in Tamilnadu and South coastal A.P
10-15cm tall ,slender branching herb, rooting at nodes. Leaves linear lanceolate, 2-3x0.5cm, leaf sheath margin ciliate, flowers 0.6-1cm across, bluish in scorpioid cymes from upper leaf axils.Perianth lobes 3, with beautiful vertical lines, imbricate, ovate, stamens 3,anther lobes in blue color, fertile staminal filaments barbed at the base, staminodes 3 shorter, ovary tricarpellary, hypogynous, glabrous, capsule globose, 3 celled, 2 seeds in each cell,.
Photographed at a coastal village near Krishnapatnam port.(near Bay of Bengal)
   

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Taken on: December 29, 2010

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Taxonomy: Binomial= Murdannia nudiflora

taxonomy:binomial=Murdannia nudiflora

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Camera: Olympus IR-500, f/3.8, 1/60 sec, 10.1mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus IR-500
Aperture:	f/3.8
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	10.1mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Creative (Slow speed)
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ACD Systems Digital Imaging
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